Religion
To Aphrodite, by Callistion (Mackail)
Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)
Religion
Thou who inhabitest Cyprus and Cythera and Miletus and the fair plain of horse-trampled Syria, come graciously to Callistion, who never thrust her lover away from her house's doors.
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MLA
Posidippus. “To Aphrodite, by Callistion (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/posidippus/16/.
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Posidippus. “To Aphrodite, by Callistion (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/posidippus/16/.
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